StoreDot showcases FlashBattery for EVs that charges fully in five minutes, provides up to 483 km of range

We’ve heard of fast-charging technologies for electric vehicles before, such as Tesla‘s Supercharger network that is able to provide up to 273 km of range in 30 minutes. But how about a battery that enables you to get up to 483 km in – wait for it – five minutes? That’s the kind of future nanotechnology startup StoreDot is promising with its new FlashBattery, which it showcased at the CUBE Tech Fair in Berlin last week.

Claimed to use a combination of gradient layers of nano materials and proprietary organic compounds, FlashBattery avoids graphite – commonly used in lithium-ion battery cells – that is unable to sustain the high currents required for fast charging. The company’s proprietary chemical compound is said to be inflammable and has a higher combustion temperature, reducing battery resistance considerably and improving safety.

StoreDot says that the battery is currently in advanced stages of development, and is expected to be fitted to production electric vehicles within the next three years. The company is now exploring options with strategic partners in the automotive industry to help boost its production process in Asia and reach mass production as soon as possible.

“Fast-charging is the critical missing link needed to make electric vehicles ubiquitous,” said co-founder and CEO Doron Myersdorf. “The currently available battery technology dictates long charging times which makes the EV form of transportation inadequate for the public at large.”

After trying to pursue a career in product design, Jonathan Lee decided to make the sideways jump into the world of car journalism instead. He therefore appreciates the aesthetic appeal of a car, but for him, the driving experience is still second to none.

They actually have a working prototype for smart phones whereby it charges the phone from low battery to full charge is less than 30 seconds. The company is also backed by a major smart phone company as well. So it’s not exactly wishful thinking but when compared to other tech news that promises quick charging with long discharge batteries, this actually has the biggest potential to eventuate into a working product in the near future. The real question now is, when will we see it in Malaysia? How will it affect our country economy since we still rely heavily on petroleum exportations? And most important of all, how expensive will it be, since new tech’s are almost always are introduced with ridiculously inflated prices while Malaysia isn’t known to have a strong early adopter culture to deflate such prices.

They’re already working on 5mins fully charged smartphones for 2018.
Never expected for EV’s would come this fast – Bravo!
Hopefully, COTA wireless charging would come in play soon, & we don’t even have to stop for charging.
EV world rocks!!

Now the problem is… will our TNB lines be able to provide that much juice at one go without tripping the switch. Now that the slow charging battery problem is lebih kurang solved… now delivery problem… faster before we hit a bottle neck again.

Here might be the future… normal house electric lines won’t have enough juice to conduct the few seconds of full charge of the EV battery. That’s where petrol station still comes into play. It’s gonna be called energy station. Stop there, pay for energy, 5 seconds full recharge and you are ready to go :D Happy?… Petron, Petronas, Shell and other still boleh cari makan by selling electric energy.

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